Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-12-09
MERE MENTION.

| Railing Is now being Tut on the
J Ling Wharf.
81 The Legislature have settled down
y to steady work.
| The highest tides OF the year ire-
vail this month.
| Columbia Street is now Illuminated
j by an electric burner,
The shingle-mill has been shu!
down the past few days.
/ Mr.. II. W. Scott, OF the Oregonidn,
p,ssel several days in Olympia this
week.
Mis- Ella Morie, OF the Territorial
University, l. visiting in town, the
gnsst of Miss Nina French.
4 little daughter 81 Mr. c. 2. GILES,
ri Westside, fell anl broke her leg
81 Yesterday, while playing with com
panion,
The mail Wednesday, on account OF
large land slides on the railroad, came
in by the old-time conveyance, Il
"prairie schooner"
Robert Swan walked off the Long
Wharf one night this week, and saved
Coroner's fees by swimming to fiat
I'll, hn ll,- tnI
his footing on terra fr1'a.
f.. b. Kester, OF East Olympia, re-
ccived Il severe cut on the knee,
causing much joint fluid to escape
He will probably be Disabled from
using the joint freely for several
weeks.
A petition is before the City Council
to prevent chickens from running at
;, large. Such restrictions are seldom
applied to bipeds, and if the request
be granted, the query rises "Where
will it ends"
The newspapers are remarkably
4 well represented this session OF the
Legislature. The leading dailies Of
Portland, Tacoma and Seattle have
each one or two Faber-pushers on
active duty.
Mr.. NJ. Muir Picken, represents the
San Francisco Chronicle, on the Leg
islative reportarial staff. This is the
first time California paper has shown
the enterprise Of placing "a cheil to
tax notes" in our Assembly.
Ex-Governor Newell will deliver one
of course OF lectures at Orting on
Thursday evening Dec. 18th. BY re-
quest he will speak upon "Odd
Fellowship" discussing incidentally
the labor and public land questions.
The STANDARD acknowledges pleas
ant calls from our old-time friends Jos.
Foster, Henry Roeder, NJ. II. Knapp,
W. A. BUGGY, and others, whose pres
ence has often illumed the halls of
legislation, members of the present
Assembly.
The City Council, at a special meet
ing, Wednesday evening, granted Ii
censes to sell spirituous and malt
liquors to Messrs. E. I. Young, Capt.
Hambright and p. Dolan. The Judi
!. ciary Committee were instructed to pre-
pare an ordinance fixing the rate for
theatrical licenses by the month or
quarter.
John Greenleaf Whittier's birthday
will be appropriately observed by the
Normal Class of Collegiate Institute,
on Saturday the 18th inst. Literary
exercises, interpreted with music,
will be held in the Assembly Room.
Everybody and his friends are in
yited and there will be no charge for
admission.
The New York Cash Store has
built up quite trade in mail orders,
and we have been shown several letters
received by that enterprising firm, en-
closing money for goods, which ex-
presses the conviction, founded on Il
practical test, that dress goods can be
bought in Olympia actually cheaper
than in Portland or San Francisco.
Let everybody remember the old
fashioned New England dinner to be
given at Columbia Hall, next Tues
day evening, the 18th inst, by the
Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyter-
ian church, The hungry will be
served from 5 to 7 O'clock, after which
there will be literary exercises, inter
spersed with vocal and instrumental
music.
The incessant rain storm which be-
gan Saturday night and has prevailed
almost without interruption the
greater part of this week has caused
many land-slides ON the various high
ways, and rendered travel very diff
cult, if not, in some cases impossible.
The Westside road has been closed by
land slides since Wednesday, and OH
that day the Q. 4 C.. v, trains was de-
tanned from the same cause.
Mrs. C. L. Hendersen's last lecture
at Collegiate Institute will be given
next Friday, the 10Th inst, at 3
o'clock P. N. Subject, The Treasures
OF the Vatican and st. Peters
Church." with Photographic illustra-
tl0n. These lectures were under
taken mainly for the benefit of the
students, and as the talented lady
goes to other fields, she carries with
her the well merited esteem of our
entire community